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How to Wash your Denim Properly

Aren't you tired of your denim jeans fading or ripping sooner than you thought well our friends over at Stylenerds.com show us how to wash your denim properly: Read the steps on how to take care of those expensive jeans on the next page.

1) This is the first and most important tip to washing your jeans…DON'T WASH THEMunless you really have to ie: rubbing kebab meat all over your legs or some other non-descript mass spillage. FACT: I have worn many pairs of jeans for 18 months without washing them. If they smell of cigarettes or something more pungent, air them out for a day. If they still smell, wash them immediately because they probably are containing a new strain of the H1N1 virus.

2) OK, now you have come to a point where you have to wash them but you still want that rigidity and ruggedness when you first bought them. You have two options, you either take them to the dry cleaners or you can go to the beach! I recommend that you only dry clean once for the lifetime of the jeans. If you want to go to the beach to wash your jeans, take a dip in them for about 5 minutes, rub dry sand on your jeans and repeat this process about 3 times. When you're done, just rinse in cold water (no salt) and let them dry in the sun. This seawater method is particularly good at keeping your denim very rigid.

3) Since we don't all have the luxury of living near a beach and you had no option but to take the dry cleaning route, you will need to do the following for the second wash: Soak your jeans in cold water for about an hour with WOOLITE BLACK, once done, rinse and roll in a towel and then leave to dry.

Tip: It may sound obvious to some of you, but I am going to say it anyway: If you don't want your jeans to bleed (fade), wash them inside out.

It might seem like a lot of extra effort to wash your jeans but if you think about it, you will only do this once or twice a year. That has been Moses's Guide on How to Wash your Denim Properly, let me know how you all get along and if you have any other tips to bring to the table.

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